water

Hi
Can anyone tell me whether the tap water in the Orlando area is fit to drink.
When we were last there it smelled quite strongly of bleach and we stuck to bottled water for drinking.
Jo-Anne

It does, doesn't it Jo-anne? We understand that it is safe to drink but not very pleasant. We stick to bottled water for that reason.:)

I would stick to Bottled water to be on the safe side.

You can drink the tap water but it doesnt taste too good due to the high mineral content. Bottled water is very cheap.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by jo-anne
Hi
Can anyone tell me whether the tap water in the Orlando area is fit to drink.
When we were last there it smelled quite strongly of bleach and we stuck to bottled water for drinking.
Jo-Anne
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We also use bottled water in our kettle to make a decent cup of tea as it still has a funny taste after it has been boiled.

We also use bottled water and fully agree with Tina about the tea tasting rather peculiar. One tip we were told about by an ex-pat was to keep a jug of tap water in the fridge for use in the kettle. It does cut down the peculiar taste.

Mike and Kath.

I would agree, we have drunk the tap water with no ill effects, but the bottled water is extremely cheap and we tend to stick to that as it is much nicer.

Just the smell is enough to put me off drinking it, we always buy bottled water for cold drinks, making tea and coffee and for cooking vegetables in. Its so cheap and well worth it for the difference it makes.[msnsmile]

We use bottled water for everything, its so cheeeeeaaaaaaap.

Ahhhhh, the joys of a fridge with a built in water filter and chiller.

If only there was a way to connect beer into it.

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Ahhhhh, the joys of a fridge with a built in water filter and chiller.

If only there was a way to connect beer into it.
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Personally I'd like a margarita tap[drinkbeer][msnwink]

We used bottle water for everything just so cheap.:D

Dear All
Thankyou for that advice.
The smell of the water really is horrid so it's bottled for us from now on.
PS what about the drinking fountains in the parks. I have always bought bottled water when we are out and about but someone on the forum suggested using the fountains in the parks. Are they 'bleachy' as well?
Jo-Anne

Don't know about that I am afraid, always buy the water to be on the safe side.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Snapper
Ahhhhh, the joys of a fridge with a built in water filter and chiller.

If only there was a way to connect beer into it.
[/quote]Snap Snapper! :D

Water fountains usually taste fine Jo-Anne.

"Personally I'd like a margarita tap" I'm with Caroline on this one - much better than chlorinated tap water. Anyone tried making a cup of tea with the tap water? If not do not use bottled water it tastes awful.

I think the water in the fountains does taste bleachy. We freeze small bottles of water to take with us and as they defrost you get nice cold water. We only resort to the fountains to top up the bottles if we run out;)

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Ruth
I think the water in the fountains does taste bleachy. We freeze small bottles of water to take with us and as they defrost you get nice cold water. We only resort to the fountains to top up the bottles if we run out;)
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Yes we do that as well Ruth, a tip we got off this forum before.[msnsmile2]

yep bottled water for us too, i have tried tap water and it is horrible! tea has a twang (as hubby calls it) when not using bottled, we also buy bottled water in the parks!

The water we have had from fountains in the parks has always been fine.Maybe we are just lucky, as it's always been cold, and fresh tasting.Does save carrying loads of water about too, which can add a lot to those aching feet!!!
Ian and Sarah

As Steve has already mentioned if you have a fridge with the water and ice dispenser, you can buy a few bottles of water to start with and then use the empties and fill them to take to the parks. Its amazing just how much water you can get through in a fortnight even though bottled is cheap, so this way gives you more pocket money! [msnsmile2]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Ruth
I think the water in the fountains does taste bleachy. We freeze small bottles of water to take with us and as they defrost you get nice cold water. We only resort to the fountains to top up the bottles if we run out;)
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I have never thought of doing that...what an excellent tip![8D]
I have to be honest, I don't drink tap water at home, so I automatically buy bottled water where ever I am, and as already stated, it is a very good price:)

What am I like? I just drink the water from the tap, bit of a taste at times but it has not killed me yet; diito fountains. Not sure I trust the bottled water, were does it come from and who controls what is in it?

The bottled water in the parks is from that company whose name begins with D... (I can't remember the rest of the name, but they are part of one of the big coke firms), but they were the ones who tried to sell London tap water in the UK, in bottles (if you remember the publicity a couple of years ago). We always take our own bottles (from Wal*Mart) into the parks and fill up from the fountains - it seems to taste ok

Our tap water tastes and smells fine......we had guests with us who drunk it on their visit and found it OK...... most of the time I use the chilled fridge water .....

altho we drink bottled water, we use the tap water for ice, until we decided it tastes disgusting with its twang! so now we even make ice using bottled water

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by 50sumtng
The bottled water in the parks is from that company whose name begins with D... (I can't remember the rest of the name, but they are part of one of the big coke firms), but they were the ones who tried to sell London tap water in the UK, in bottles (if you remember the publicity a couple of years ago). We always take our own bottles (from Wal*Mart) into the parks and fill up from the fountains - it seems to taste ok
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I think it's Desani, I live in Bexley Village in Kent and the water was taken from a Coca Cola plant a couple of miles down the road in Sidcup....I couldn't believe they were charging more than a quid for a bottle of water that I could get out of my taps at home!!!!![msnscared]

Cripes, it sounds like Del Boy and his Peckham Spring Water! [:O]

It is safe.... but it is rather different from ours. Be careful, some places, like the racetrack I go to, use well water, this is even mixed with the fizzy drinks. It is not very good!
Even the locals prefer not to drink it!